Help4Refugee Children

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Link to our H4RC Fundraiser: 2015 - 2017

Help4Refugee Children (H4RC) is an independent grass roots humanitarian organisation created in October 2015, following several visits to Dunkirk and Calais Refugee to deliver humanitarian aid.

During these visits we grew extremely concerned about the conditions in which children and families are living in refugee camps, with little access to essential sanitary facilities, education and support.

Aware of the psychological traumas that the children were suffering, as well as the visibly difficult and dire conditions in which they lived made worse by the winter; we were so heartbroken to meet babies as young as few weeks old that we knew we had to go back, we knew we could not go home and ignore what is happening and continues to happen just two hours away from our doorstep.

For two years now, we have been building engagement with refugees focusing on families, young children and unaccompanied minors by running various creative arts workshops - the benefits of these workshops are: teaching basic English, developing confidence, fun and engaging team building helping children develop trust and maintaining hope during this difficult situation by helping to reduce stress and improve mental health.

Farah, H4RC Volunteer and Science Teacher says: 

"Through our creative workshops, the children find a platform through which to communicate their inner thoughts & feelings; particularly important given that this outlet is repressed otherwise. Our creative workshops provide a therapeutic technique of personalised expression through individualised as well as group-work activities. This greatly benefits the children as they learn social and emotional interaction skills. Through playful creative tasks, the children find their laughter once again." 

Today, our work continues to encompass a number of four important aspects.

  1. We deliver humanitarian aid to refugee camps and illegal settlements
  2. We carry out creative art workshops with children and their families
  3. Support families on their arrival to the UK and continue to build engagement and continue to run activities with them, for more information please see our work in the UK.
  4. We advocate for the rights of refugees here in the UK and raise awareness

We do this because less than two hours away from the comfort of our home, there are people who have fled war, severe deprivation and terrorism; who are desperate for a chance to re-build their lives and not enough is being done to to help them.

These are some of the essential your money will buy: 

*100% of your donation will always go directky to help refugees. All receipts are avaliable upon request.

Food 
Sleeping Bags
Tents
Baby Boxes with essentials for babies and toddlers
Safety alarms
Medicine
Basic toiletries
Sanitary products
Educational materials
Books to learn English & French
Phone credit for minors and familes so that they can keep in touch with their loved ones

Below are some images of the work Help4Refugee Children have carried out over the past two years. For more information please visit: 

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Thank you

The Help for Refugee Children Team